Continuous Sponsorship Program (CSP)
CSP allows you the opportunity to increase your company’s visibility in the community. Raise your profits through exposure and
heightened image in the marketplace.
- Your company will be identified as a CSP member at our five major events:
Annual Installation of Officers
Business of the Year Awards
Consumer Expo
Governmental Issues Forum
Hob Nob
- You’ll receive special recognition in the Community Guide and Membership Directory, which is distributed to 15,000 members and visitors.
- Your company name will be listed on email blasts to VACC members, as well as on all emails generated by Chamber staff.
- Additionally, each week, you will be recognized in the Chamber's E-Blast which is distributed to all Chamber members.
Contact Donna Pirozzi, Membership and Sales Director, for further information by calling 488-2236.
Print Advertising
There's no better way to get your name out there than to literally put it in their hands! Place a four color print ad in either of our Chamber publications:
- The Annual Membership Directory and Community Guide
- The Visitors' Guide. See details below.
- Also consider putting an ad onto our Area Street Map. A beautiful, glossy map of the Venice Area that visitors refer to and keep with them during their stay.
Contact Donna Pirozzi, Membership and Sales Director, for further information by calling 488-2236.
Banner Ads
Four color banner ads are now available on the Chamber's website! With over 1,000 unique visitors each month, this is an excellent opportunity to brand your business! Banner ads begin at $600 per year. You can supply your own banner ad, or we will be happy to design the ad for you for only $60. The banner ads can be hyperlinked directly to your website, or to a specific page in your website.
See sample below:
Consumer EXPO
The Chamber hosts two events each year where members can promote themselves "business to consumer" and "business to business." The Consumer Expo held in October is a way you can get your products and services directly in front of the area consumer. Over 3,000 residents and visitors attended the two-day expo last year to view the 100 VACC exhibitors.
Tri-Chamber EXPO (B-2-B)
The Tri-Chamber Expo is held at the Sarasota-Manatee Convention Center and is a one-evening business-to-business event where over 200 members from Sarasota, Manatee, and Venice Area Chambers get together to network and view each other's products and services.
Contact Donna Pirozzi, Membership and Sales Director, for further information and booth rates by calling 488-2236.
Network Lunch Sponsor
The VACC is offering Event Sponsorships for our monthly Network Lunch. The benefits of sponsoring a VACC Network Lunch gets your business name and logo in all VACC email blasts that go out to our 1,200 VACC members, recognition and a three minute commercial at the Network Lunch, business name and logo displayed on tent cards at the event, and named recognition at the monthly business meeting, Wake Up Venice. This is a great opportunity and a way for you to promote your products & services with an audience of 50 plus in attendance! The cost is only $99 for a sponsorship fee! Contact Charleen Myers, Member Events Director at 488-2236 or cmyers@venicechamber.com if you are interested in being one of the VACC's Network Lunch event sponsors!
New Member Reception Sponsor
The Chamber's New Member Receptions are networking events which are held quarterly to give new Chamber members the tools they need to utilize their Chamber membership to its fullest. Typically having
- Your company name/logo on the invitations
- Your company name/logo on table tents at the event
- Free tabletop at the event to display business cards and brochures
- A 3-minute commercial about your company to the attending audience
Contact Charleen Myers, Member Events Director at 488-2236 or cmyers@venicechamber.com if you are interested in participating as a New Member Reception Sponsor!
Monthly Beautification Award Sponsor
Each month, the Chamber awards an area business with the Beautification Award for improving the aesthetic appearance of their property.
The Chamber accepts four $50 sponsors annually for this award. The award is presented at the Wake Up! Venice event and your company will be recognized as the presenting sponsor for three months.Contact Charleen Myers, Member Events Director at 488-2236 or cmyers@venicechamber.com if you are interested in being one of the Beautification Award event sponsors!
Business After Five (BAF) Table Tops
Our most popular networking & spotlight tool, the BAF Tabletop is an effective way to meet with area business professionals while showcasing your products and services. For only $50.00 per tabletop, you will be supplied with a covered table, and the opportunity to speak to over 200 business leaders at the VACC's monthly after hours networking event. Please contact Charleen Myers for more information and availability.
VAYP Tabletops
Tabletops are now available at the Venice Area Young Professional monthly networking events. You do not have to be 21-40 to purchase a tabletop! VAYP events fall on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 5:30pm and normally average 50-60 young professionals. This is a great way to promote your products & services to our area’s young professionals! Contact Michelle Ryan at mryan@venicechamber.com if interested in purchasing a VAYP tabletop. The cost is only $25 per tabletop!! Limited spots are available!
Sponsorship Opportunities
Show your support of the Chamber by becoming a sponsor of one or more of our special events. Event sponsorships and floral arrangement sponsorships are available for the following VACC events:
- Annual Banquet
- Governmental Issues Forum
- Business of the Month Award
- Monthly Beautification Awards
- Business of the Year Awards
- Golf Challenge
- Hob Nob
- New Member Reception
- Network Lunch
- VAYP Events
- Senior Outreach Committee Community Programs
2012 Chamber Publications
 Make sure your business is included in the 2012 Membership Directory & Community Guide, the premier Chamber publication which is mailed out to all internet and phone inquiries requesting visitor and relocation information about the area!
Don't miss this opportunity to place your display ad in this informative publication which is distributed to over 15,000 area visitors and residents! Ads begin at $420! It's one of the most affordable advertising opportunities available!
Contact Donna Pirozzi
Membership Director at (941) 488-2236 • dpirozzi@venicechamber.com to sign up now!
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Click here for membership directory Ad insertion orders (PDF 39KB)
Click here for Visitors Guide Ad Insertion Orders (PDF 38KB) |
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PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS FOR FREE |
As a benefit of your Chamber membership, you are encouraged to place your business cards and brochures in our Visitors' Center at the Chamber office (space permitting, first-come-first-served).
Also, did you know one of the best ways to create brand and name recognition is to directly interact with your potential customers? Get involved! Join a VACC committee - work side by side with other business owners to build rapport and become a familiar name/face in the community. We have six committees currently, one is sure to fit the market you're in which you do business.
You can also assist your marketing goals by attending the Chamber's four networking events each month. Come rub elbows with your peers and get to know them on a one-to-one basis. You may also donate door prizes (with your company name/logo on them, of course!) to any of our events.
Ribbon Cuttings for new businesses, or for your new location, is another service that the VACC offers to its members for FREE. If you've just opened a new store, or have completely remodeled, or have expanded, please call Charleen Myers at 488-2236 to schedule a ribbon cutting. We will invite our entire membership to your location to celebrate your accomplishment. This is a wonderful occasion to act as a host and introduce other VACC members to your location, as well as inform them of your products and services.
Additionally, the VACC allows its members to offer exclusive discounts to one another. Our Member to Member program lets you place a discount offer to fellow members. Contact Coco Hibbitts to participate in this program.
As a Chamber member, we encourage you to get the most of your membership dollars. You membership dues open the doors for you to our incredible Chamber family, but it's the time that you commit to the VACC that really benefits your marketing efforts and bottom line. Please take advantage of these benefits of membership listed above and feel free to contact the staff of the Chamber at any time if we can be of assistance to you. (941) 488-2236. |